Music Upstart Songza Co-Founders On Battling Pandora, Spotify

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Ever since I met the Songza guys at New York Tech Meetup, I’ve wanted to learn more about the app. It’s the first music service that I’ve been excited to use, mostly because it removes the work entirely. I’ve been curious about a few things, like how Songza plans to combat the big boys, namely Pandora, and how exactly these guys are making any money. Remember, Songza has no audio ads, no limits, and is free to download.

Co-founders Elias Roman and Eric Davich sat down with me to discuss this and more, saying that the only way to enter into a space as crowded as streaming music is to bring something totally different to the table. They said that they see a really big gap between music subscription services and radio services, in that using a Spotify can be hard for some people and Pandora can get stale. What Songza does is eliminate the mental math of figuring out exactly what you want to listen to.

But the possibilities extend far beyond that. Songza is collecting tons of data on the way we listen to music and what we’re doing when we choose a particular genre or playlist. Since Concierge is meant to get smarter the longer you use the feature, this data should be invaluable in fine-tuning the app even more.

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OverviewPandora Radio is an internet radio service, recommendation service, and the custodian of the Music Genome Project. Users enter a song or artist that they enjoy, and the service responds by playing selections that are musically similar. Users provide feedback on approval or disapproval of individual songs, which Pandora takes into account for future selections.
While listening, users are offered …

OverviewSongza predicts what you're doing or feeling and then serves an expertly-curated playlist designed to make it better.
Songza offers playlists for improving activities such as waking up, working out, commuting, concentrating, unwinding, entertaining, and sleeping. Songza’s team of music experts is comprised of journalists, critics, DJs, ethnomusicologists and musicians.
Songza has been named …

OverviewSpotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists. Users can browse through the interface by artist, album, genre, playlist, record label, and direct searches.
It also enables individuals to create, share, and edit playlists with other users. If users want recommendations, they can integrate their system with Last.fm, …